Lea Kuznik

Lea KuznikShe was born in 1975 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Graduated in 1999, master`s degree in 2004 and doctor`s degree in 2007 at University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology. She has been taking interests on museology, children`s museums and interactive learning environments, pedagogical and psychological theories of learning and play and developmental theories of children for years. Her doctoral thesis “Interactive Learning Environments and Children`s Museums: Theoretical Model and It`s Planning” presents first published scientific research on children`s museums in Slovenia. She is employed at University of Maribor, Faculty of Tourism as an assistant professor for Tourism and Cultural Heritage. Her research is also focused on up-to date technologies, virtual museums, and possibilities for learning about heritage in virtual learning environments. Her latest research is focused on dark tourism, which involves visits to tourist attractions and destinations that are associated with death, suffering, disasters and tragedies venues. Dark tourism in Slovenia is very poorly developed comparing to the world. Therefore she proposed a typology of dark tourism in Slovenia, which should serve as a basis for further efforts in the design of a new dark tourism products based on the dark heritage in Slovenia.

Publications

Fifty Shades of Dark Stories
Fifty Shades of Dark Stories
Lea Kuznik. © 2019. 13 pages.
Dark tourism is a special type of tourism that involves visits to tourist attractions and destinations that are associated with death, suffering, disasters, and tragedies....
Fifty Shades of Dark Stories
Fifty Shades of Dark Stories
Lea Kuznik. © 2018. 11 pages.
Dark tourism is a special type of tourism, which involves visits to tourist attractions and destinations that are associated with death, suffering, disasters and tragedies...